No Nintendo at Gamescom

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Wii U won't show its face at the European expo.

By Alex Simmons

Nintendo will not be exhibiting at this year's Gamescom, according to a spokesperson for the company. Silja Gulicher, press officer for Nintendo Germany, said: "Although Gamescom is one of the most important fairs of the year for us, we've decided not to take part this year."

Gamescom would have been one of the first opportunies for the public to go hands-on with the Wii U in Europe, but instead anyone desperate to get their hands on Nintendo's new console will have to wait a little longer.

"Instead we plan to broaden our post-E3 activities to introduce our retail and media partners to the Wii U and the newest titles for the Nintendo 3DS," added Gulicher. "On top of that, as part of the pan-European marketing, PR and event activities for later this year we are planning a whole array of events that will offer our fans the opportunity to try out our latest titles. We'll have more information about that soon."

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